IDFirstMiddleLastDOBDODCOD
77FannieN/AFoster1/29/18549/19/1857N/A

veteran
exhumed
purchaser
cemetery
N/AFALSEN/AAdams Street

lot
plot
N/AR5 G unmarked burial A, next to brother-in-law Mitchell D. Clark and some little nephews. Stone was located there in 1934.
relations
Nathan Foster (father, b. circa 1807, d. 14 January 1899) Betsey Foster (mother, b. circa April 1811, d. 1 February 1903) Jane Foster (sister, b. c 1834) Mary E. Foster (sister, b. 1 Sep 1835, d. 29 Jun 1901) Mitchell D. Clark (brother-in-law, married to Mary, d. 24 Oct 1862) Jonathan T. Hulet (brother-in-law, 2nd husband of Mary, d. 1901) Hannah A. Foster (sister, b. c Jan 1836) George Foster (brother, b. c 1839) Emily Foster (sister, b. c 1842) Henry E. Foster (brother, b. c 1845) Edwin G. Foster (brother, b. c 1847)

comments
Fannie's mother would have been 40 years old at Fannie's birth in 1854. Her family was not enumerated in the census of 1850 in Middleburg (cf Labaj). Fannie is not listed in Berea's records of burials for 1857. The 1904 transcription of her tombstone said "Fannie, dau of N & B Foster, died Sep 19, 1857, age 3 yrs, 7 mo, 21 days." The 1934 transcription of her tombstone showed it was already getting worn: "Fannie G., dau of N. and D. Foster, died Sep 19, 1851? Age 3 yrs" and placed her stone between that of Mitchell D Clark (R 4 G4) and Richard Chambers (R4 G5). Mitchell Clark was Fannie's brother-in-law (Labaj); Nathan Foster bought her lot adjacent to his. There is an unmarked burial on that spot (R5 Ga, located by GPR scan, 27 July 2006). Fannie's sister Hannah was included on the list of Baldwin Institute students in 1850-51 (BI Catalogue, BW Historian's House). After Fannie's death, her family was enumerated in the 1860 census in Middleburg Twp; father Nathan (age 48) was a prosperous farmer with $4,000 real estate and $1,000 in personal property. Born in Connecticut, he may have moved his family here to take advantage of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Wife Betsey was 46, born in MA, children Hannah (23), George (20, a farmer), Emily (18), Henry (15), Edwin (13). All children, even the older ones, were attending school. Her family was enumerated again in the 1870 census, still in Middleburg Twp. Father Nathan (age 63) was still doing well as a farmer, with $4500 in real estate and personal property worth $400. Mother Betsey (59) was keeping house, and Henry E (24) and Edwin J (22) were still at school, possibly at Baldwin University. In the 1880 census, father Nathan is 72, giving no occupation (retired?) but still head of household. Mother Betsey (69) is keeping house, sister Hannah (43) is unmarried and living at home with occupation of "authoress" and son Henry (27) is unmarried and working as a printer. In 1900, her mother Betsey was 89, widowed, and living with her daughters Hannah and Mary and Mary's second husband, Jonathan T. Hulet (also buried in Adams St). Betsey reported having 8 children, 7 of them still living (Fannie was the only one who died). Mary E. reported having had 4 children, all of whom had died. Hannah A. still gave her occupation as "author."

sources
E. S. Loomis and D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Berea Historical Society "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 1850 US Federal Census, series M432, roll 673, pp. 178-195. 1860 US Federal Census, Nathan Foster household, Series: M653 Roll: 954 Page: 117 1870 US Federal Census, Nathan Foster household, Series: M593 Roll: 1193 Page: 407 1880 US Federal Census, Nathan Foster household, Series: T9 Roll: 1009 Page: 210 1900 US Federal Census, Jonathan Hulet household, Series: T623 Roll: 1261 Page: 91 Catalogues of the Institute and Baldwin University, 1846-1867, bound copy, Baldwin Wallace Historian's House